Word: stream
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...adage might be considered that, "although you can lead a horse to water, you cannot make him drink." It is worthy of notice that this remark is made of a quadruped, but not a biped; in fact, if a biped is led to a beautiful stream of water, we might assume that he would take a long and refreshing drink, or even jump in all over. At any rate, if he does not, the inference is fair that there is something wrong with the biped...
Tomorrow's regatta events include nothing but sculling races, all of which will be rowed on the half-mile up-stream straightaway. There are a total of 19 men entered for the four different events, and some unusually good races are expected...
...United States. Professor Foerster replied that no marked increase has as yet been noted. Before the war, approximately 1,000,000 immigrants a year were entering the United States. In concluding, he prophesied that within a period of two to five years America will again see a large stream of immigration towards her shores, made up of more French, Belgians and Germans, and less Russian Jews and other Slavs...
...Lothrop '19 returned to his regular seat at number four in the first crew today. The afternoon was taken up by three mile paddles down the river for the two University crews in succession. Coach Haines kept the stroke down to the rate of 23 to the minute down stream and 24 back...
...used with great success in the world war. The projectiles used in it vary only slightly in weight, averaging about 97 pounds. The highest muzzle velocity is 735 meters per second, or approximately 2,350 feet per second, and the maximum range with the latest type of steel "stream-line" shell is 1,900 meters, or almost twelve miles...